アニメANIMATION

STORY

This is the second story of "The Lion Books" series. A boy meets a lonely little umbrella ghost wearing Geta. He promises the ghost that he will give it a pair of rain boots in exchange for three wishes. The boy, however, grows up completely forgetting the promise. One day, when he happens to remember the ghost, he rushes back to that bridge in his hometown, to the Rain Boy...This is a moving, sweet hometown fantasy about a gentle ghost and a forgotten promise.

CREDIT

(c) Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.
Released by NHK Enterprise Co., Ltd. in July, 1989 / 24 minutes / In color
Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / Completed in October, 1983

STAFF

Original Manga and Director: Tezuka Osamu
Screenplay, Storyboard, Rendition and Animation Director: Yoshimura Masateru
Producer: Matsutani Takamasa
Assistant Producer: Kubota Minoru
Production Chief: Enomoto Hiroshi
Art Director: Kobayashi Shichiro
Art Board: Miyamoto Seiji
Shooting Director: Sugaya Nobuyuki
Original Pictures: Seya Shinji, Masanobe Hiromi, Owada Yoshihiro, Gokuusha, and Studio Aton
Animation: Kano Kaoru, Artland, Studio Take, and Nishihori Hiromi
Animation Checker: Seya Shinji
Finishing: Maki Production, Group Masa
Color Design: Ajiki Mitsuhiro
Special Effects: Maekawa Takashi
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
Editing: Inoue Kazuo
Sound Director: Kawamura Johei
Music: Koroku Reijirou
Effect: Kurahashi Shizuo


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